"MORNING JOE" ECONOMIC ANALYST
STEVE RATNER JOINS US AS WELL.
HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI IS
HEEDING CALLS FOR THE CREATION
OF A SEPTEMBER 11th STYLE
COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE LAST
MONTH’S DEADLY RIOT AT THE U.S.
CAPITOL.
IN A LETTER TO HOUSE DEMOCRATS
YESTERDAY, PELOSI SAID CONGRESS
WILL ESTABLISH AN INDEPENDENT
COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE AND
REPORT ON THE ATTACK AS WELL AS
INTERFERENCE IN ELECTION
PROCEEDINGS.
PELOSI ALSO SAID THE HOUSE WILL
APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO
BOOST SECURITY AT THE CAPITOL.
WHILE MULTIPLE CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES ARE ALREADY IN THE
PROCESS OF SCHEDULING HEARINGS
TO INVESTIGATE THE RIOT, THE
"WASHINGTON POST" POINTS OUT
THAT SUPPORTERS OF THE
COMMISSION SAY SUCH AN
INITIATIVE WILL HAVE BROADER
AUTHORITY THAN THOSE TO PURSUE
TESTIMONY IN TRUMP’S ORBIT,
THOSE WHO WERE NOT PART OF THE
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY AND THAT THE
COMMISSION WILL NOT BE UNDER THE
SAME TIME CONSTRAINTS OF THE
COMMITTEE INVESTIGATIONS AS IT
PROVES THE FINDINGS.
THE VERY PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HAVE
BEEN INVOLVED IN INCITING THE
DEADLY RIOT.
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>> WELL, IT HAS TO BE DONE FOR A
VARIETY OF REASONS. FIRST OF ALL, WE NEED TO MAKE
FIRST OF ALL, WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE CENTER OF AMERICAN
DEMOCRACY IS NEVER, NEVER AS
COMPROMISED AS IT WAS ON JANUARY
THE 6th.
I KNOW THERE ARE IDIOTS ON OTHER
CABLE NEWS CHANNELS THAT WILL
SAY, WELL, THIS MOM AND POP
STORE WAS VANDALIZED DURING THE
SUMMER RIOTS AND THAT’S JUST AS
BAD AS THE UNITED STATES
CAPITOL.
NO.
NO, ACTUALLY, JACK AS, IT’S NOT.
THE CAPITOL OF THE UNITED STATES
IS THE CENTER OF AMERICAN
DEMOCRACY.
AND WHILE I AM A FIERCE BELIEVER
IN PEOPLE’S RIGHT TO DEFEND
THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY, I’M NOT
GOING TO CONFUSE A TACO STAND
WITH THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL.
I’M NOT GOING TO CONFUSE THE
SELLING OF TACOS WITH ACTUALLY
MOVING THROUGH A CONSTITUTIONAL
PROCESS THAT IS LAID OUT IN THE
UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION FOR
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE AND THE
SENATE TO ACTUALLY PERFORM THEIR
CONSTITUTIONAL DUTIES.
NO.
NO, NO, NO.
PROPERTY DAMAGE DOES NOT EQUAL
INSURRECTION.
YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY STUPID,
AND I HAVE HEARD A LOT OF REALLY
STUPID PEOPLE OVER THE LAST
MONTH TRYING TO MAKE THAT
ARGUMENT.
AND IT DOESN’T CUT IT.
I WILL SAY THERE ARE A FEW
REPUBLICANS, EVEN REPUBLICANS
WHO ACTED SHAMEFULLY WHO ARE
CALLING FOR A 9/ 1 STYLE
COMMISSION.
AND RICHARD HAASS, YOU ACTUALLY,
FROM THE VERY START, YOU SAID
YOU WEREN’T SO SURE THAT
IMPEACHMENT WAS A PROPER WAY TO
GO BECAUSE YOU PREDICTED HOW IT
WAS GOING TO END.
YOU PREDICTED IT WOULD LEAD TO
EVEN MORE FRUSTRATION.
YOU PREDICTED THAT DONALD TRUMP
WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE A VICTORY
LAP AND SAY HE WAS ACQUITTED YET
AGAIN.
AND HIS ALLIES WOULD BE ABLE TO
SAY HE’S ACQUITTED YET AGAIN.
YOU SAID AN 9/11 STYLE
COMMISSION WOULD BE A BETTER.
WHY IS THIS 9/11 COMMISSION
STYLE COMMISSION SO IMPORTANT?
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>> WELL, JOE, IT’S SO IMPORTANT
IN PART BECAUSE OF THE LIMITS TO
WHAT WE JUST EXPERIENCED WITH
IMPEACHMENT.
YOU DIDN’T HAVE WITNESSES.
IT WAS RUSHED.
IT WAS WILDLY POLITICIZED, STILL
IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT.
AND 9/11-LIKE COMMISSION WILL
PROBABLY TAKE SOMETHING OF A
YEAR.
CAN SUBPOENA ALL SORTS OF
WITNESSES, DIG INTO ALL SORTS OF
THINGS.
IT COULD TAKE A LARGE PURVIEW.
LOOK AT THE BACK DROP, LOOK AT
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND INTELLIGENCE
ISSUES.
IT COULD GO BEYOND THE IMMEDIACY
OF JANUARY 6th.
AND LOOK AT THE DOMESTIC
TERRORISM THREAT, THE WHITE
NATIONALIST THREAT, A QUESTION
OF NORMS IN AMERICAN POLITICS.
AND SO, ONE, IT CAN UNCOVER A
WHOLE LOT.
TWO, IT COULD BE AN
EXTRAORDINARY TEACHING MOMENT.
COUNTRIES NEED HISTORY.
WE NEED NARRATIVES.
WE NEED STORIES.
THIS IS NOW.
I’M SAD TO SAY A REALLY